Plow attachment.



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M.Y MGCNNELL.

BLOW ATTACHMENT.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MELVIN MOCONNELL, OF WAKATOMIOA, OHIO.

PLOW ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,903, dated J une 5,1900. Application filed September 25, 1899. Serial No. 73'1,639. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it puny concern:

Be it known that I, MELvIN McCoNNELL, a citizen of the United States,residing. at Vakatomica, in the county of Coshocton and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Plow Attachments, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention vis an improved plow attachment, the object being toprovide a simple and efficient device which can be attached to adouble-shovel plow or cultivator for the purpose of gaging the same.

With this obj ect in View the invention consists, essentially, of a ringadapted to encircle the plow-beams adjacent to their forward ends andprovided with means for securing a spring gage-bar in such a manner thatthe said bar will rest or travel upon the ground while the plow orcultivator is being drawn forwardly and will swingforwardly when theplow or cultivator is drawn backward, thereby preventing the saidgage-bar sticking in the ground. I

The invention consists also in the peculiar construction of the variousparts and in their novel combination and arrangement, all of which willbe fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure 1 is aperspective View of a cultivator provided with my attachment. Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional View, partly in elevation. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view enlarged. Fig. L is a vertical sectional view showingthe slight modification in which the spring gage-bar is composed of aplurality of strips. Y

In the practical application of my invention I employ a ring A, which isessentially rectangular in shape and may therefore be termed an openframe, the said ring embracing the forward ends of the plow-beams Badjacent to their forward ends, and secured to the upper member of thering A is a clip C, both members of which are perforated to receive thebolt D, by means of which the spring gage-bar E is secured, said gagebarpassing downthrough the ring A and reaching to the ground, the lowerportion of the said bar being curved, as shown, in order to slide uponthe surface of the ground, and

inasm uch as the bar bears against the lower member of the frame uponthe forward side it will be readily understood that its rearwardmovement is limited; but when the plow or cultivator is drawn backwardlyfor the purpose of turning around the spring-bar will swing forwardly,thereby preventing the lower end sticking in the ground. It will also benoted that the bar is provided with a series of bolt-holes E', by meansof which it can be adjusted vertically, as described. A nut securelyfastens a clip-bolt and springbar together.

Having th'us fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-n l. A plowattachment, comprising a rectangular-shaped ring in combination with aspring gage-bar passing upwardly through the said ring, and pivotallysecured to the upper member, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a plow attachment, comprising a rectangular-shaped ring adapted toencircle the plow-beams adjacent to their forward ends, and the springgage-bar pivotally secured to thel upper member of the ring, saidspringbar being arranged between the plow-beams and within the ring,substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A plow attachment comprising an essentially rectangular-shaped ringadapted to encircle the plow-beams adjacent to their forward ends, aclip secured upon the upper member-of the ring and projected upwardlytherefrom, and the spring gage-bar passing through the said ring,andsecured at its upper end, to the clip, said gage-bar bearing against theforward edge of the lower member of the ring, substantially as shown andfor the purpose described.

. MELVIN MCCONNELL. Witnesses:

S. L. HOWELL, WM. A. CLARK.

